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Both Medieval Europe and Medieval Japan had a period of warring clans, with no certain power. Another similarity is that warriors with codes of honor were hired to protect.Knights were used in Europe, and in Japan you could HIRE A SAMURAI. Some of the great ideas from the past were also disregarded. Japan did have less invaders to deal with however, and there were no Holy Wars, so with some families ruling for small amounts of time, the situation was somewhat better in Japan.

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The one thing that all the surrounding Civs had in common is that they accepted Buddhism and Confucianism. Although not everyone integrated it into government, it was still made a part of their culture.

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In japan the emperor had little to no power. The Shogun had the most power. While in Europe. The pope had the most power.

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Japan adapted buddhism but also kept shintoism. Aristocrats were given back old power.

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Post-Classical China influenced Vietnam because they accepted and practiced common religions such as Confucianism and Buddhism and had a very similar bureaucracy where they had similar  political and feudal structure. They also adapted the civil service exams commonly used.

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Medieval Europe and Medieval Japan were similar because they were both ages in which constant warfare took place. However, in the late middle ages of Europe, Europe had peace and stability after invasions had stopped. In Japan, peace and stability was never really achieved because there were many civil wars.

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Medieval Europe and Medieval Japan were alike with there codes for the military. They were also alike with their feudal systems. In medieval Japan it was more family based clans and in Europe it was the of the king

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When countries exchanged goods they also exchanged tech. Because of this, they all became more powerful and smart, as certain techs became common knowledge. The economy was also somewhat boosted as certain technologies were traded to get an edge up on competition, for example, guns using gunpowder being traded to Japan.

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Medieval Japan like Europe had a feudal system. There were different classes. Like the night the samurai protected everyone, such as the peasants nobles, etc. The samurai fought for honor like the knights. Similar to the knights, the samurai had a code they held themselves to. Like medieval Europe if the shogun was eliminated the system would collapse. The military had the majority of the power.

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Religion and Secular belief systems affected political, economic and social institutions greatly. Vietnam and Japan adapted a political bureaucracy from Chinese Confucianism.

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Medleval Europe and japan had Knight and samurai jobs are to protect everyone and the land they live on. And were similar due to their military codes. Also peasants did the same jobs such as field work etc.

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The social structure that formed as a result of the Heian period was very similarly set up like medieval europes feudal system. The bottom level consisted of peasants and the highest ranking was the government and authorities. They both also had the knights and samurais who were both citizens fighting for their nation on the same ranking on the feudal system pyramid structure.

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Medieval Europe and Medieval were both similar mainly in their form of government. Both Europe and Japan used Feudalism as their way of government, so just like there were kings, regional lords, and knights in Europe, Japan had Shoguns, Daimyos, and Samurai, which were essentially the same thing. As well as that, knights in Medieval Europe were expected to have unwavering loyalty, Japan's samurais had the Code of Bushido which was pretty much the same thing as Europe's Code of Chivalry.

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Buddhism and Confucianism being accepted by Vietnam led to them setting up similar Bureaucracy and exams

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Cross cultural interactions resulted in the diffusion of technologies because when different cultures interacted they also shared their ideas and the different technologies they had and they spread the ideas into their countries

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China had a lot of influences on Eurasia. They took gunpowder from them as well as printing and books. This gave Eurasia the ability to become smarter and become more ready for warfare with the most advanced technology of there time.

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Classical Japan practiced Shintoism and then introduced Buddhism to it's culture which affected political institutions because Japan wanted to

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In Vietnam the affect of accepting Confucianism and Buddhism lead to a similar bureaucracy to China being adopted and civil service exams being incorporated also. Thus, it could possibly lead the similar consequences that the civil service exam lead to in China, the corrupt and overflowing amount of bureaucrats.

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In Japan they had a feudal structure where  the emperor didn't have a lot of power. The imperial court also "became distant" from  the people and that's when the government started to fall apart.

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Since post classical china attempted to influence many different small nations by forcing them to adopt there culture and religion, this also causes for the technology of post classical china to diffuse into these smaller nations such as Japan eventually adopting the gunpowder weapons that the Chinese had made.

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The cross-cultural interactions resulted in each different country adapting Chinese ideas. In Vietnam, the Vietnamese used Chinese agricultural techniques, irrigation, business, and trade. In Korea, they borrowed the pictograph writing system, Buddhism , and Confucian ideas. In Japan, they borrowed the Chinese writing language and created their own based off of it, built Buddhist temples, incorporated Confucian ideas, and used the equal field system.

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Medieval Japan and Medieval Europe both incorporated the feudal system in their government.  Both feudal systems contained nobles, warriors, emperors/kings, and peasants.  One difference is that Japanese feudal systems contained Shoguns, which were generals that wielded more power than emperors.

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Religions affected the way people lived their life. Practicing Confucianism affected woman and caused a decline in their status. Confucianism also affected how certain parts of the government were ran.

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Most rulers constructed different forms of government based on religion and philosophical ideologies from pervious time periods or adopted from other civilizations like how in post classical Korea, they borrowed ideas from Buddism and Confucianism, or how in classical Japan they derived ideas from Shintoism.

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The governments would often form based on how they accepted the policies from china. Korea accepted Chinese Ideals, but out of fear of being invaded. Vietnam was forced so much of Chinese culture, that they gained a rebellious nature, and refused many aspects of Chinese government, even language and writing. Lastly, Japan accepted Chinese government because of their isolation, but wanted to be so much like China that they eventually descended into chaos.

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They were both similar because they both went through a lot of war. They treated women the same. They both use a form of feudalism.

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Cross- cultural interactions resulted in incorporations of different ideas of another culture into another.

Impacts from China helped develop new technologies in different civilizations. For example, Vietnam had borrowed irrigation. Which had led to new technologies and cultural developments in Vietnam.

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cross cultural interaction effected diffusion of technologies because it expanded their horizon on design and inventing new technology to better suit their daily life and make their civilization more powerful.

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Medieval Europe and Medieval Japan where similar because they knights and samurais both had codes of conduct. Knights had chivalry and the Samurai had code of Bushido .The social structure was also similar, the lowest class worked and paid tax, but received protection in return

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Religions and belief systems effected the way governments were formed and this is seen through post classical china adopting neo- Confucianism into their government and laws and this is also seen in how feudal Japans laws benefited and were almost based off of the Bushido code, which made Japan a very militaristic society and government.

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Because of China's growing size and power, the countries around felt threatened by invasion. They paid tribute, or fought of invasion. Because of these interactions, Chinese culture infused with KOREA, Japan, and Vietnam. They followed aspects of Confucianism, either in governing or beliefs. even though japan wasn't threatened by invasion they still were greatly influenced by china. korea and vietnam were influenced by business and agricultural techniques.  And Vietnam infused service exams.

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The Medieval Europe and Medieval Japan both